San Antonio’s Historic Cemeteries

By By Cinde Ramirez

Step back in time and take a stroll through the city's past, as you view photos of beautiful and historic San Antonio Cemeteries.

Step back in time and take a stroll through the city's past, as you view photos of beautiful and historic San Antonio Cemeteries.

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San Fernando Cemetery No. 1

located at 1100 S. Colorado St., is one of the oldest cemeteries in the U.S., believed to exist since 1840. Many important figures of San Antonio’s history are buried in the San Fernando Cemetery #1, including signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Col. Jose Navarro and Francisco Ruiz, and longtime mayor of San Antonio, Bryan Callaghan. Source: saculturaltours

- The East Side cemetery complex was established in 1853 on 20 acres of what was known as Powder House Hill, so named because the Spanish military was said to have stored gunpowder there. Source: Paula Allen / San Antonio Express-News

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The Confederate Cemetery- Noted graves include those of A.W. Houston Grand Master of Texas Masons, Texas Ranger John Salmon "Rip" Ford, Confederate General Hamilton Bee, and W.G.M. Samuel, sheriff and early San Antonio artist. Source: saculturaltours less

The Confederate Cemetery- Noted graves include those of A.W. Houston Grand Master of Texas Masons, Texas Ranger John Salmon "Rip" Ford, Confederate General Hamilton Bee, and W.G.M. Samuel, sheriff and early San ... more

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located at the 400 Block of S. New Braunfels Ave - Established in 1895, the Hermann Sons Cemetery served three different local lodges. Many of those interred were part of the local German brewing industry.

located at the corner of Toledo & Paso Hondo - The cemetery boasts the names of early German pioneer families such as Groos (later of Groos National Bank), Steves, Guenther, and Menger (of the Menger Hotel) as well as other noted San Antonio families such as Frost and Tobin. Source: City of San Antonio

is located at S. Palmetto and Montana - this location was part of the city's 20 acres at the far east side of the city to replace the old public and Catholic cemeteries on the west side where Milam Park and Santa Rosa Hospital are located today. Source: saculturaltours

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San Antonio Cemetery 5

San Antonio Cemetery 5

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Alamo Masonic Lodge Cemetery

established in 1853 - Prominent burials include those of Clara Driscoll, who helped to save the Alamo; John Lang Sinclair, composer of The Eyes of Texas; builder John H. Kampmann; and Sandra West who was buried in her Ferrari in 1977. Source: City of San Antonio

located at 746 Castroville Rd - The cemetery contains the reinterred remains of 18th century settlers who were unearthed downtown during construction of the U.S. Post Office and Federal Building in 1936.